dyskeratosis

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Dyskeratosis is abnormal keratinization occurring prematurely within individual cells or groups of cells below the stratum granulosum.Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelso; Abbas, Abul (2004) Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (8th ed.). Saunders. Page 1392. {{ISBN|0-7216-0187-1}}.

Dyskeratosis congenita is congenital disease characterized by reticular skin pigmentation, nail degeneration, and leukoplakia on the mucous membranes associated with short telomeres.{{cite journal |vauthors=Mason PJ, Bessler M | title=The genetics of dyskeratosis congenita | journal=Cancer Genetics | volume=204 | issue=12 | year=2011 | pages=635–645 | pmc = 3269008 | doi = 10.1016/j.cancergen.2011.11.002 | pmid=22285015}}